Biography File: People of Campbeltown Picture House | ||
Full Name | James McInnes | |
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Birth date | 1849 | Birth place: Holbeach, Lincolnshire |
Death date | 12th March 1927 | Death place: Sheffield |
Father’s full name | Duncan McInnes (Born Scotland) | |
Mother’s full name (maiden name in brackets) | Margaret Ann McInnes (Latimer) | |
Spouse(s)
| Emily McInnes (nee Fielding, born Salford, Lancashire 1857), married 1880 in Salford | |
Children
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Places of residence
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Occupation history
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Relationship with Picture House / Rex Cinema | James McInnes, 15 Upper Albert Road, Neersbrook, Sheffield. Railway District Mineral Agent. 20 shares in the Picture House. | |
Life story in a paragraph (summary of above)
| Born in Holbeach Lincolnshire, James later moved to Lancashire and worked with a railway company. At the time he was single and was a boarder. He seems to have started as a Railway Porter, then the records show his occupation change to Railway Travelling Inspector and again later to Railway District Mineral Agent. James married and had three children. | |
External source references (e.g. census, BMD, valuation rolls, probate index, wills, parish records etc.) include ref. numbers
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CPH archive or object collection reference
| Shareholders Ledger | |
Other notes | Many thanks to Ian, descendent of James’ uncle, for providing some further insight. “His father, uncles & aunts all came from Dalintober, Campbeltown, & were from a fishing & whaling family. One of his aunts, Mary McInnes, married a cousin, Donald McInnes. They emigrated to Washington State in 1859 & founded a thriving McInnes community in the Sequim & Port Angeles area. Two of James’ brothers, Donald & John also emigrated to the same area & his brother Duncan was a founder member of the Co-Op in Lincoln, but the only one with a personal connection to Campbeltown was his youngest brother, Latimer, who spent his later life in Low Askomil & was a well-known writer & naturalist. No direct connection with the railway, though he worked for the Argyle Steamship Co & later the Campbeltown Shipbuilding Co.” The reason why James McInnes, who didn’t live in the area, was a shareholder of the Picture House remains a mystery, however. Ian again… “As James’ father died in 1896 James’ shares obviously didn’t come from him, so possibly Latimer bought shares when it opened & passed some on to his brother – the only other sibling alive in 1913 was Donald M, living near Seattle.” |
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James McInnes
Archive, People of the Picture House